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Hosted by Steve Spears and Brad Williams, the show blends sharp takes with insider stories from the people who lived it. From ’80s music and movies to MTV culture and pop culture history, each episode goes deeper than nostalgia to uncover what made the decade unforgettable.
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We review the results from round two of our Sidekick Madness bracket and lay out the blockbusters for round three in this week's show.
Plus seggies and Spearsy's tales of adventure on the high seas!
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Round one results get reviewed, round two matchups get discussed in this week's March Sidekick Madness podcast.
Plus reader mailbag and a few deals on The '80s Cruise you might not know about.
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March Madness! Steve and Brad run down the first round matchups in this year's bracket: Movie Sidekicks.
Plus a couple great letters and a brief tribute to Leonard Nimoy.
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Steve, Brad, and guest host Drew take the volume to eleven running through our top ten bands appearing in '80s movies.
Stick around for the seggies and a quick story about Steve's chance to hit the high seas while Journey hits the high notes.
Ep331 Playlist - Bands on Film
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The 1980s may have perfected the power ballad, but the decade also gave us something even more emotionally dangerous: the romantic duet. Whether deeply heartfelt, wildly dramatic or unintentionally hilarious, duet songs became a major part of the soundtrack of Gen X romance. This week on the Stuck in the ’80s Podcast, Steve and Brad welcome guest host Carol Janssen to count down some of the best — and worst — romantic duets of the MTV era.
The episode revisits many of the decade’s most iconic collaborations, including sweeping ballads, movie soundtrack hits and radio staples that once dominated school dances and late-night dedications. Spearsy, Brad and Carol debate which duets genuinely captured emotional chemistry and which ones drifted into peak ’80s melodrama.
Along the way, the gang discusses unforgettable pairings involving artists like Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Peter Cetera and Amy Grant, and powerhouse movie-ballad collaborations that became inseparable from the films and moments they represented. Of course, no discussion of ’80s romantic duets would be complete without a few songs that inspire equal parts nostalgia and secondhand embarrassment.
The conversation also reflects on how duet songs became such a major staple of 1980s pop culture. Long before playlists and streaming algorithms, these songs thrived on FM radio, MTV countdowns and cassette mixes made for crushes, girlfriends and boyfriends. Whether sincere or cheesy, they became part of the emotional soundtrack of growing up during the decade.
Like many Stuck in the ’80s music-list episodes, the discussion blends humor, nostalgia and spirited disagreement as everyone defends their favorite romantic classics — and gleefully trashes the ones that haven’t aged quite so gracefully.
If you love ’80s love songs, power ballads, movie soundtracks and revisiting the romance and ridiculousness of the MTV era, this episode belongs in your playlist.
The Stuck in the ’80s Podcast has spent nearly 20 years celebrating the music, movies, television and pop culture of the greatest decade ever. Support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes, exclusive livestream hangouts, behind-the-scenes content and merch for longtime listeners.
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Steve and Brad cover 80s News Now, and more seggies than even Han Solo can imagine.
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Steve and Brad kick out the mental jams with the first Albums Turning 30 show of 2015. (Holy crap, it's 2015!)
Plus full seggies, including a ridiculously long list of listener-submitted "eponymous" songs.
Episode 328 Playlist - Simple Minds and Sting
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Here's a little something to wrap up 2014 - two years of outtakes to amuse and astound you.
Thanks for listening, Steve and Brad will be back at it in 2015!
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Steve and Brad talk about Mogwai, the Bathroom Buddy, and other monstrosities from 1984's Gremlins.
Wham's Last Christmas - Ambient Style
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Steve and Brad discuss the finer points of buffet wrecking as we pay homage to Beverly Hills Cop on its 30th anniversary.
Plus a full slate of your favorite seggies!
Ep 326 Playlist - Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack and eponymous tracks
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